Adjustable handle



1943- c. s. FREDRICKSEN 2,326,023

ADJUSTABLE HANDLE Filed March 16, 1942 I 92 3'5" f /Hi a? mww. i; 4 JZK/ff? P61235536 5/ CS BY Wxzfl mora ATTORNEYS Patented Aug. 3, 1943 i i UNITED TAT-3s MT ADJUSTABLE ANDLE Cheney S. Frcdricksen, Jensen, Fla. Application March 16, 1942, Serial No. 434,818

4 Claims.

lying snug against the member l2 and provided with a cylindrical body 52 at its extreme end and lying at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the member l2. The member I2 is provided with recesses 54 and 56 for selective reception of the body 52 when the member 2|] is moved to its handle extending and shortening positions, re-

spectively. The opening 48 is of such length that r the stop plate 42 is brought into'engagement Figured is an end view of one of the handle parts.

Figure 5 is a face View of another handle part, and.

Figure 6 is a perspective View ofa stop plate.

In the embodiment of the invention selected for illustration, the handle l0 comprises a strap like member l2 having an opening [4 for the reception of the reel shaft Hi. This shaft is flattened at l8 and the opening I4 is of the same contour so as to be restrained from relative rotation on the shaft.

Upon the member I 2 is slidably mounted a tubular member 20 having the flattened contour of the member l2. The member'20 is bent from a sheet metal and has its edges meeting along a Between the line 22 and in a common plane. walls 24 and 26 of the member 20 is interposed a spacer 28 in the nature of a washer mounted on a pin 33 at the end of a shaftSZ. This pin extends through openings in the walls 24 and 26 and is riveted at 34 to fixedly connect the shaft 32 with the member 2!]. A grip 36 is fixed to the outer end of the shaft 32.

The meeting edges 22 lie in a plane corresponding to the axes of the shaft 16 and the pin 30, and the wall 26 is provided with an elongated opening 38 which has a width corresponding to the diameter of the shaft !6 so that the member 2E! ma be moved longitudinally of the member l2 and relatively to the shaft it. A larger opening 40 is provided in the wall 24 to receive a stop plate 42 having an opening 44 fitting snugly on the shaft it. This stop plate lies on the member l2 and is somewhat shorter than the length of the opening ill to permit the necessary relative longitudinal movement of the member 20 with respect to the member l2. Althreaded pin 4% is carried by the shaft l6 and is provided with a nut 48 which has end engagement with the stop plate 42 to hold the handle structure if! in assembled relationship with the shaft IS.

The end of the member 20 remote from the shaft 32 includes a narrowed resilient strap 50 with the member 26 in either of its extreme positions to function as a positive stop, but with the recesses 54 and'56 so located as to'permit the body 52 to drop therein for releasably latching the members 12 and 26. The member 20 may be moved to its handle extending position by turning the handle structure :0 in a progressively increasing radius, while the member maybe moved toward its handle shortening position by winding the handle structure ill in a progres-' sively decreasing radius. 7

- The member 20 liesagainst the star drag 58 of the reel 66. The handle structure It is effectively balanced and comprises a sturdy construction which is easily adjusted to-lengthening and shortening positions to secure a variable reel leverage.

Without further elaboration, the foregoing will so fully explain my invention, that others may, by applying current knowledge, readily adapt the same for use under various conditions of service.

I claim:

1. In a fishing reel having a rotatable shaft, a first member in'the nature of a strap keyed to'said shaft, a second member of fiattenedtubular contour slidably receiving said first member and having first and second openings, said first opening being elongated longitudinally of the second member and having a width corresponding to that of the diameter of said shaft but with a length considerably longer to provide accommodation for relative movement of the second member, and a stop plate lying on said first member and inside said second opening, said second opening being elongated longitudinally of said second member and having a Width conforming to that of the stop plate but a length greater than the stop plate so that the second member may be shifted to predetermined first and second handle lengthening and shortening positions, respectively, relatively to the first member.

2. The invention described in claim 1 wherein a grip is attached to one end of said second memher, said first member being provided with spaced recesses, and a resilient extension on said second member having a body selectively receivable in said recesses inthe extreme handle lengthening and shortening positions of the second member,

respectively. p

3. The invention described in claim 1 wherein said shaft is provided with a nut threadedly connected therewith and engaging said stop plate to hold the handle in connected relationship with the shaft. i

4. In a fishing reelhaving a rotatable shaft, a first handle member keyed to said shaft, a second handle member slidably connected with said first handle member and having first and second openings, said first opening being e ongated longitudinally of the second handle memher and having a width corresponding to that a handle member and having a width conforming to that of the stop means but a length greater than the latter so that the second handle member may be shifted to predetermined handle lengthening and shortening positions relatively to the first handle member.

CHENEY S FREDRICKSEN. 

